It was a duel to make Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader proud father and son trainers Aidan and Joseph O'Brien battling it out for Melbourne Cup glory. And just like in the movies, it was the son (and his charger Rekindling) who prevailed....

With just metres to go, veteran trainer Aidan O'Brien's looked set to snare his first Melbourne Cup. But his son Joseph spoiled the party, snaring the top prize with his young raider. Follow all of the day's action in our live blog....

The driver of a BMW who hit a 13-year-old girl riding her bike in Melbourne's north before driving off was "fully aware" they had hit someone, police say, as the teenager fights for life in an induced coma....

Melbourne pensioner Arthur Johnson signed leases with Radio Rentals for a Blu-ray player and a stereo system. They'll wind up costing him nearly $4,000, and he's struggling to pay for the bare essentials....

Victoria's peak body for real estate agents is warning that reforms to allow renters greater rights to pets are "unfair" and causing investors to pull out of the market, but the Government's not buying it....

Immigration Minister Peter Dutton defends the Government's handling of men who remain in the closed Manus Island processing centre after Greens MP Adam Bandt labelled him a terrorist "prepared to kill people for political gain"....